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From: "Phonopsia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>I find there's three main threads of it:
>
>a) Goya Music,
>
>b) Folks like Aardvark, Red Nose Distrikt, etc, then stuff like
Emoticon and
>some of Russ Gabriel's output. Other stuff I'm forgetting here
too. Where do
>I put Archive, is it Goya or no??? Anyway, what they do is definitely
>different than the Goya stuff, although some of it I think points
to the
>same place.
>
>c) Then you have some housier stuff (plus the Goya folks and Russ
Gabriel do
>housey stuff occasionally too). I feel like there's so much that
can be
>lumped in here that is often scarcely distinguishable from house
or garage
>that I steer clear of categorizing it as Broken Beat material,
b/c people
>are generally less confused that way - however, when you say
broken beat,
>this is what a lot of people will think, and they aren't really
wrong.
i would consider that kind of stuff "broken beat related" because
it sounds enough like the other stuff that it wouldnt stand out as
being different in a set.
>I know I missed a lot of people, but this is my general assessment.
>Ultimately I think it's easier to classify than a lot of people
want to
>admit, but it's confounding because all the primary players make
other stuff
>than just broken beats.
i would also add that strange german faction of people whose stuff
seems to be hit or miss for me like jazzanova (who are almost
always a hit) and that crew of people.
and also also theres the north american crews like recloose,
titonton, john tejada, ayro, john arnold, moonstarr, etc. this
stuff usually makes up a huge portion of my deejay sets.
>As far as the future goes, that's a good question. They haven't
stopped
>pushing back boundaries yet. I think if they stagnate it will only be
>temporary (although the pace of innovation certainly has slowed
down some).
what i like about it is the fact that it takes as many if not more
influences from other styles as did drum and bass, but its at a
tempo that you can easily mix it with house techno garage electro
etc, as i like to do. the genre is basically as open as music in
general is, it can shape shift and take on or leave certain ideas
and still retain something of a cohesive sound. i do usually
prefer the techno-ish stuff like opaque and titonton to the
semi-cheesy jazz funk stuff, but i like and play it all.
tom
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